— It’s going back to the drawing board after you’ve put up an ad on Facebook and you’re getting $18 leads.

It’s about doing it all over again, going back to the drawing board.

That’s persistence, too.

— Having the courage to keep going when someone laughs right in your face about your business and maybe calls your business a scam.

That’s definitely persistence.

These are all examples of persistence: Keeping going, pulling yourself up after you’ve been knocked down again and again and again, and having the courage, the fortitude, and the resilience to keep going no matter what.

That, guys, is persistence.

It’s something that we don’t even think about sometimes consciously, but unconsciously it’s got to become a habit to keep going no matter what or the option is to go back to what you’re used to.

5 Strategies For Strengthening Your Persistence

Now, I’m not saying to dwell on these, because then you can kind of bring them on yourself just by your thoughts.

But don’t be surprise or don’t be blindsided when obstacles hit you.

Get yourself prepared knowing that these obstacles, these challenges, are going to strike at some point in your business.

They hit everybody and they usually hit early and they hit often.

To be frank, that’s what separates the people who stop and quit from the people who keep going because those obstacles that hit early on STOP most people.

2. Set Your Intention.

This is a simple thing, yet it’s really profound.

What do I mean by that, setting your intention?

Here are my intentions on overcoming obstacles:

I will not be stopped.

I will treat every obstacle as a gift that will help me become a better entrepreneur.

I will never be denied and nothing can stop me in pursuit of my dreams.

These are my intentions. Yours might be little bit different, but there are going to focus on this general theme of never giving up, never stopping.

Have the intention. Set it right from the start.

Make it kind of your mantra.

I will not be stopped!!

3. Think of the Alternative and Remember Your Vision

Like I said, everybody thinks about quitting and it’s okay, but when this happens, when you think about giving up, remind yourself WHY you’re doing this in the first place.

Think of the alternative of going back to the life that you had or maybe you’re even the one you’re still experiencing…

Staying in that life and what that means to you.

Think about your vision and what that looks like.

That will kind of spur you on to keep going, keep going, keep going.

4. Have a Lifeline.

Have a lifeline to help during those really tough times when the challenges are getting the best of you.

That could mean having a family member or friend to talk to.

Maybe it might be a mentor or a coach.

If you’re in MLM, it might be your sponsor who you can call and talk to about what’s going on in your business and how you’re feeling about it.

If you’re an Elite Marketing Pro, it can be the Elite Marketing Pro community (or any supportive community, for that matter).

I’ve seen quite a few people post their challenges in the group and have been uplifted by the people in the community.

That’s a great place to keep as a lifeline when times are tough.

This is a really powerful strategy for strengthening your power of persistence.

5. Outsource Your Obstacles

I love this one and nobody really talks about it:

Outsource your obstacles whenever possible.

If your obstacle is technology, outsource it!

I’ve been known to spend hours on something that I could have gone over to Fiverr.com and gotten somebody to do it for me in ten minutes, but I didn’t outsource my obstacles.

I do now.

Especially if it’s technology. It’s crazy. There’s so many people out there who know how to do all this stuff and will do it for next to nothing.

Yet many of us, including myself, will sit there and try to figure it out for ourselves.

It’s insane! There’s no really logical explanation for it except maybe because we like a challenge.

Outsource it. Get rid of it. Take it off your plate.

Throw it on somebody else’s plate and keep moving.

Writing or copy-writing can be a challenge for many of us who are trying to come up with some good ad copy.

There are people out there who will do that for you. That’s what they do for a living. They’ll do it for you.

Outsource it.

You don’t have to be good at everything right now. You can work on your craft, but for now, if it’s something that you need to get done that’s stopping you and it’s getting you down, outsource it.

Another example is to hire a coach.

Hiring a coach can be one of the best decisions you ever make.

It can get you through so many of the obstacles that you’re facing because many of these coaches have gone through the exact challenges that you’re going through now and they understand what the issues are.

They can help you get through it.

Lack Of Persistence: Why Do People Quit?

Why do most people give up?

Number one. they’re lazy.

People, in general, are lazy.

I don’t think that’s an unfair thing to say.

There are people out there who are just looking for something easy to happen to make some money and when it’s not easy they move on.

They quit.

Number two. their WHY or VISION isn’t strong enough, so that when tough times come, they can’t look at the alternative.

They can’t focus on their vision.

It doesn’t mean that much to them and they’re not prepared to meet the challenges, the inevitable challenges, that are going to come for your business.

These same challenges are coming to take YOUR vision away.

You know that, right?

They’re coming to take your future away.

Your job is to not let that happen.

Hopefully, some of the tools I’ve given you today will help arm your for the battle.

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